Joe Otterson TV ReporterCNN saw the highest total day viewership in the history of the network during yesterday’s riot in Washington D.C.According to Nielsen overnight figures, CNN posted 5.22 million viewers in total day viewership.
In the key news demographic of adults 25-54, the network posted 1.83 million viewers also in total day. MSNBC was second in total day with just over 4 million in total viewers and 972,000 in the demo.
Fox News was third with just under 3 million total viewers and 733,000 in the demo.In primetime, CNN was also first with 8.2 million total viewers and 3.11 million in the demo.
MSNBC was again second with 7.4 million total viewers and 1.96 million in the key demo. Fox News was third among the cable news networks.
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